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By DOUG McDONOUGH Herald Editor

Published 3:04 am, Monday, February 15, 2016

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Feb. 16, 1946: The Commissioners Court on Monday appointed Ralph Griffitts of Plainview as Hale County veterans’ service office, said County Judge Ernest Tibbets. A WWII Navy veteran, Griffitts is in Waco for training. Marsh Watson, county tax collector, has been serving as veterans’ service officer since July.

--Martin M. Keniston, discharged Plainview aerial gunner, is eagerly awaiting word from his English-born bride who is due to arrive today in New York with their 11-month-old daughter, Sharon Ann. They met at a Red Cross-sponsored squadron party and were married a few months later. A master sergeant, he has never met his daughter, who was born three months after he left England.

--LaNoy W. Tooley received his honorable discharge from the Army at Camp Fannin recently after 44 months in the service, most of it at the New York port of embarkation as a mechanic with the 266th Ordnance Company.

Feb. 16, 1956: Judge E.A. Bills of Littlefield ruled Monday following a habeas corpus hearing in 64th District Court that there is sufficient evidence to hold C.W. Phares on murder charges in connection with the death of his wife, Andrea Phares, who has been missing since May 4. Bond was reduced from $25,000 to $12,500.

--Miss Mary L. Cox, 70, local historian known to hundreds affectionately as “Miss Mary,” died Wednesday at the Plainview Hospital and Clinic after a five-week illness. She was secretary of the Texas Land & Development Co. from 1920-48.

--C.E. Marse has been elected president of the Plainview Country Club. Jack Skaggs is vice president, Joe Don Scott is secretary-treasurer and directors are Ray Hickerson and Hoyt McCloud. Annual dues have been increased to $100.

--Harold A. Hubbard was named Plainview’s Citizen of the Year at Thursday’s Chamber of Commerce Banquet. An inactive vice president of First National Bank, he is president of the United Fund Board and past president of the Salvation Army Advisory Board.

--Construction is expected to begin immediately on a 47-unit motel at the corner of Eighth and Broadway, according to R.Q. Silverthorne, real estate agent. He said AstroMotels Inc. of Glendale, Calif., will invest about $300,000 in the project.

Feb. 16, 1986: PHS Cosmetology students of instructor Tennie Goen took first place in the opening and closing ceremonies portion of the District IV IVCA contest in Lubbock, and will advance to regional competition in Abilene. The team includes Kim Stark, Nellie Alvarez, Viola Luna, Wendie White, Kende Swift, Davilla Thompson and Kim Davis.

--PHS senior Dan Wilkins, sophomore Robert Igo and senior Freddy Joe were awarded Gold Key Medallions at the annual Hallmark-Kodak Scholastic Art Competition. Bill Mulder also was a top finalists. They are the students of Cynthia Gregory in photography and Ron Howard in art.